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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- No. 21 Iowa State kept firing away until some of its shots finally began to drop.Monte Morris scored 20 points and Matt Thomas shrugged off a cold shooting performance to make a 3-pointer that put his team ahead for good, and the Cyclones held off Indiana State 73-71 in the opening game of the AdvoCare Invitational at Disney World on Thursday.We know we can make shots. Just have to adapt to the atmosphere, Morris said after Iowa State (4-0) remained unbeaten despite shooting 34.2 percent from the field and barely making half its free throws.Nobody on the sideline was out of the game. Everyone was engaged, Morris added. I think we all stayed together. We always had confidence.Thomas was just 2 of 10 from the field. He put the Cyclones ahead with his second 3-pointer with 54 seconds remaining. Nazareth Mitrou-Long made one of two free throws with 7.6 seconds left, and Indiana States hopes for an upset ended when Brenton Scotts 3-pointer rimmed out at the buzzer.Obviously very disappointed. ... We had a chance to be beat an awful good team, Indiana State coach Greg Lansing said.We were right there. Coach drew up a play for us to execute the last second. Unfortunately my shot didnt go in, Scott said. Its a salty loss. Its a salty taste. ... Its going to hurt me for a while.Iowa State (4-0) advanced to the tournament semifinals, despite going 5 for 15 from the foul line over the final 10 minutes. The Cyclones trailed for most of the first half before using an 11-0 run to wipe out a nine-point deficit.Morris, who also had nine rebounds, was joined in double figures by Mitrou-Long and Darrell Bowie with 13 apiece. Deonte Burton and Thomas, who missed eight of 10 shots from the field, each finished with 10.Scott led Indiana State (2-2) with 20 points on 7 of 18 shooting, a pair of long 3-pointers that gave the Sycamores leads in the closing minutes. Laquarious Paige came off the bench to score a career-high 20, and reserve TJ Bell had 10 points and 11 rebounds.BIG PICTUREThis tournament provides the first real test of the young season for Iowa State, which won its first three games over Savannah State, Mount St. Marys and The Citadel by an average of 42 points. The Cyclones start five seniors, but Indiana State is an experienced team, too. The Sycamores hung tough, making a final push after falling behind 54-48, but didnt have to enough to put the game away when they climbed back on top.POLL IMPLICATIONSThe AdvoCare field features two teams ranked in the Top 25, Iowa State and No. 11 Gonzaga. Three others teams the Cyclones could wind up facing at Disney World -- Florida, Seton Hall and Miami -- are perched just outside the Top 25 in this weeks Associated Press poll .SHAKY FROM THE LINEIowa State might have been able to put the Sycamores away earlier if not for poor free-throw shooting. The Cyclones went 15 for 29 from the foul line, including just 5 of 15 over the last 9:46.SCOTT LEADS THE WAYScott entered the tournament leading the Missouri Valley Conference in scoring at 22.3 points per game. The junior was 7 of 18 from the field, including 4 of 10 from behind the 3-point line. Paige is a sophomore whose previous career high was 8 points. He had been averaging just 4.7 before Thursday.UP NEXTThe Cyclones will meet Miami (4-0) in the semifinals of the eight-team tournament on Friday. 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NBA officials ruled the court unplayable in the Bucks final exhibition game on Oct. 25 because players were slipping, and the game was cancelled midway through the first period. Yeezy 350 Cheap . There are surprises among the Vezina candidates, but most of the others are standard top-tier performers, even if the two Hart Trophy runners-ups have never been quite as good as they have been through the first half of the season. Carlos Sainz hailed Toro Rossos qualifying performance in Singapore as amazing after claiming a spot on the third row of the grid.?Sainz and teammate Daniil Kvyat, who went on qualify seventh, looked strong all day in Singapore and converted that pace in Q3. The team has struggled with its year-old Ferrari power unit at recent races but its Singapore showing vindicates the belief in the paddock that the Italian team has one of the strongest aerodynamic packages of the current grid.After FP2 on Friday evening Sainz did not think Toro Rosso could maintain its pace into Saturday, something he put down to the usual trend he sees with the teams rivals at other circuits.I was applying the logic of where we have been the last few races and what normally happens on Saturdays with the performance upgrade the Mercedes engine has and we dont have. But somehow we have taken some extra performance out of the car with the changes we did and yeah, all together, it means we are three or four tenths ahead of Force India, which was pretty much unthinkable two races ago.We are much closer to the top teams [too]. Okay they are in a different league -- but it is one and a half seconds, which is more or less the same as it was in Australia, amazing. I think we can be extremely pleased withh the job this weekend.ddddddddddddainz had qualified 15th at the previous three races, following another sixth-place grid slot in Hungary. The Spaniard said a top six start gives him added motivation for the race.You feel a bit more loaded when you go into a race starting sixth. There is a bit more tension inside yourself. You know you have Raikkonen in front of you and you want to get a good start. You are a bit more encouraged, a bit more optimistic, and a bit more ready for the race. Lets put it like that.Tomorrow I am going to wake up so happy that that feeling is back and knowing I am starting in a similar position to Barcelona, where I could overtake the Ferraris at the start. It is very encouraging and tomorrow I will wake up with a smile on my face.Sainz and Kvyat are running slightly different aero packages this weekend, as the team looks to find the spec. Though Sainz feels his is costing him a bit more time on the straights compared to Kvyat he says the team will continue the split for the grand prix.?No major differences. The data says nothing. That is why we are keeping them separate because there is no clear direction to go. ' ' '